W. Kinnear

Rising mortality from cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis.

Johnston, I, Britton, J, Kinnear, W, Logan, R

OBJECTIVE--To determine the pattern of mortality ascribed to cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and to identify factors that might be important in the aetiology of the disease; and to assess the...

Rising mortality from cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis.

Johnston, I, Britton, J, Kinnear, W, Logan, R

OBJECTIVE--To determine the pattern of mortality ascribed to cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and to identify factors that might be important in the aetiology of the disease; and to assess the...

Nocturnal desaturation in patients with stable heart failure

Staniforth, A, Kinnear, W, Starling, R, Cowley, A

Objective—To determine the prevalence of sleep disordered breathing within a United Kingdom heart failure population.
Subjects—104 patients and 21 matched normal...

Cognitive impairment in heart failure with Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Staniforth, A, Kinnear, W, Cowley, A

OBJECTIVES—To document the degree of cognitive impairment in stable heart failure, and to determine its relation to the presence of Cheyne-Stokes respiration during sleep.
SUBJECTS—104 heart...

Lung volume restriction in patients with chronic respiratory muscle weakness: the role of microatelectasis.

Estenne, M, Gevenois, P A, Kinnear, W, Soudon, P, Heilporn, A, De Troyer, A

BACKGROUND--It is well established that patients with longstanding weakness of the respiratory muscles have a reduction in lung distensibility. Although this occurs in most patients without any...

A hospital study of community acquired pneumonia in the elderly.

Venkatesan, P, Gladman, J, Macfarlane, J T, Barer, D, Berman, P, Kinnear, W, ...

Studies on community acquired pneumonia in the United States in patients over the age of 65 years have shown that Gram negative bacilli account for an appreciable proportion of cases, in addition to...